Affiliation:
1. Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina, Brasil
Abstract
Analysis of the honeydew from scale insects Stigmacoccus sp. and Coccus hesperidium (L.) were carried out by paper chromatography, FAB-MS and GC-MS. The results showed three components (tri-, tetra- and penta-saccharides) which were composed by 1,4 glucose(s) linked to the glucose of sucrose. The findings therefore imply significant and novel metabolic transformations of sugars by the insect and/or microbial symbionts. From these results, structures and common names as "Stigmatriose, Stigmatetraose and Stigmapentose" were proposed for these oligosaccharides because they were found initially in Stigmacoccus sp. honeydew.
Subject
General Veterinary,Agronomy and Crop Science,Animal Science and Zoology
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